November 15, 2013 / Front Page

One woman was flown for treatment of burns, another woman was rushed for treatment of a reported seizure, and 12 people were displaced after fire tore through a residence at Huntington Square Apartments off Providence Road on Wednesday evening. More...

SPARTANBURG — A 20-year-old Chesnee man received a 40-year prison sentence Thursday in Spartanburg County Court after he pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges stemming from a series of sex-related attacks against women in Spartanburg and C More...

The Sub Deb Club of Gaffney will hold its annual Harvest Ball on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Cherokee National Golf and Recreation Club. Festivities will begin at 7 p.m. Members to be presented are: SENIORS More...

Amanda Millen Valentin, 43, of 422 Carson Drive, Gaffney, passed away Monday, Nov. 11, 2013, at her residence. Born in Union, she was the daughter of the late John William Millen and Caroline Gail Davis. More...

Edith “Putty Jean” Dillard Williams, 72, of 203 Victoria Road, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, in Spartanburg. Born in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Dock Dillard Sr. More...

Two former HVAC repairmen charged with stealing a hoard of cash from a local woman’s basement admitted Wednesday in Cherokee County General Sessions Court that they did uncover and take a plastic container stuffed with cash. More...

A 76-year-old Blacksburg man was sentenced to two years in prison and directed that he cannot drive a vehicle while serving five subsequent years of probation after a Cherokee County jury convicted him Thursday of striking a 17-year-old boy with his More...

“To be mentioned in the same breath as those two places, how cool is that?”

By JOE L. HUGHES IILedger Staff Writerjoe@gaffneyledger.com

Pork has served Shag Stepp and those at Daddy Joe’s Beach House BBQ & Grill well through the years with the Floyd Baker Boulevard eatery successfully banking its reputation on tasty morsels of barbecue . More...

Cherokee County Council has appropriated $50,000 in the budget for Christmas bonuses for county employees and themselves but hasn’t decided yet to use the money for that purpose. Cherokee County Assistant Administrator Holland Belue said More...

Gaffney’s Eb Covington started the first six games of the season at offensive guard. Trying to shore up a leaky defensive front, the coaching staff moved Covington to nose tackle, where the junior hasn’t just survived. He has More...

This game means more. Gaffney and Boiling Springs met two weeks ago in the regular season with the Indians holding on for a dramatic 59-54 win. They face each other again tonight at The Reservation in the first round of the Class AAAA-Div More...

Gaffney quarterback Shaq Davidson is questionable for tonight’s playoff game with Boiling Springs, and it will be a game time decision if he plays. Davidson suffered a mild knee sprain when he was tackled on a thirdquarter run against Spa More...

NEW YORK (AP) — Last Thanksgiving Day, Kimberly Mudge Via's mother, sister and nieces left in the middle of their meals to head for the mall. Now, Via says she'll never host Thanksgiving dinner for her relatives again. "They barely More...